MAKE THE MOST OF TROUBLED TIMES.   After serving on a recent panel with three local entrepreneurs at our local American Marketing Association luncheon. I thought some of the themes and ideas that were discussed at that lunch belong on this blog, because I firmly believe that small businesses, privately owned businesses,  – businesses started, [...]

President Obama and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geitner announced Monday that $15 billion of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) will be committed to the Small Business Administration (SBA) so that the government can purchase SBA-backed loans from the banks that have originated them. The SBA FAQ is here. SBA lending has crashed with all other [...]